Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Transportation Funding

California Transportation Commission: We Can’t Rely on the Gas Tax

By Colby Tibbet | | 3 Comments
The California Transportation Committee, Fresno Chamber of Commerce, San Joaquin Valley Regional Transportation Agencies and Fresno Economic Development Corporation held their first of seven public forums in Downtown Fresno Wednesday on California’s transportation issues. The forum, which aimed to discuss various funding projects for roads, highway development, and other transportation costs, was led by a […]

Caltrans Awards $9.8 Million in Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants

By Melanie Curry | | 3 Comments
California’s Department of Transportation released a list of over 51 cash grants it will allocate for local planning efforts focused on sustainable transportation. The Sustainable Transportation Planning grants, which range from $50,000 to $500,000 and average somewhere in the middle, will go to cities, counties, transit agencies, tribal governments, metropolitan planning organizations and regional transportation […]

R’s and D’s Agree State Needs More Transp. Dollars, Disagree on Source

By Damien Newton | | 3 Comments
In his 2015 State of the State, Governor Jerry Brown challenged the state legislature to come up with a funding formula that is both fair and that creates a sustainable funding stream for the state’s transportation trust fund. While the federal government continues to struggle to fund the national seemingly-always-beleagured Transportation Trust Fund, California now has […]